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词条 Maria Fletcher
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Pageantry

  3. Career

  4. Personal life

  5. References

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Maria Beale Fletcher (born June 23, 1942) was Miss America 1962.

Early life and education

Fletcher was born to dancing duo, Charles "Beale" and Margaret Gatley Fletcher, who were the founders of the Fletcher School of Dance and the Land of the Sky Civic Ballet. She has one brother, Walter, and two sisters, Margaret and Bonnie.[1]

She is from Asheville, North Carolina, and was a graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School. She worked as a Radio City Music Hall Rockette prior to winning the Miss America crown.[2] After winning Miss America, Fletcher used her earned scholarship towards a degree in French from Vanderbilt University.[3]

Pageantry

She was the Miss America preliminary competition swimsuit winner, and her overseas tour included visits to 31 Army hospitals and Servicemen's Clubs. For the talent competition, she tap danced to a recording of herself singing “Somebody Loves Me.”[4] She remains to date the only Miss North Carolina to be crowned Miss America.

Career

During the late 1960s, Fletcher served as co-host of The Noon Show on Nashville, Tennessee, television station WSM.

Personal life

She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/VOA/D_H/Fletcher_B&P.html|title=Oral History Register for Beale Fletcher, 1914-1994 and Peggy Fletcher|publisher=University of North Carolina at Asheville |first= |last= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080411000510/http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/VOA/D_H/Fletcher_B%26P.html |archivedate=2008-04-11|df=}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1960/1962.asp |title=Miss America History 1962 |access-date=2006-12-31 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923035747/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1960/1962.asp |archivedate=2006-09-23 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|first1=Michelle |last1=Tauber |first2=Mike |last2=Neill |first3=Lisa |last3=Russell |first4=Joanne|last4=Fowler |first5=Julie |last5=Dam |first6=Alex |last6=Tresniowski |first7=Samantha |last7=Miller |first8=Steve |last8=Dougherty |first9=Ting |last9=Yu |title= American Beauties: 80 Years |work= People |url=https://people.com/archive/american-beauties-80-years-vol-54-no-16/ |date=October 16, 2000}}
4. ^https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2013/09/09/our-only-miss-america
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9 : Living people|Miss America winners|People from Asheville, North Carolina|1942 births|Miss America Preliminary Swimsuit winners|Radio City Music Hall Rockettes|American female dancers|American dancers|Miss North Carolina winners

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